Table 2.2 Clinical characteristics of reported cases of acute hepatitis A* ― United States, 2011

Clinical characteristic
Availability of valid data for clinical characteristic
Cases with clinical characteristic§
No.
%
No.
%
Jaundice
788
56.4
497
63.1
Hospitalized for hepatitis A
798
57.1
343
43.0
Died from hepatitis A
730
52.2
5
0.7

*A total of 1,398 hepatitis A cases were reported during 2011.
†Case reports for which questions regarding clinical characteristics were answered with “yes” or “no.” Reports with any other response were excluded.
§Numbers and percentages represent only those case reports for which data regarding clinical characteristics were available; numbers likely are underestimates.